update

added telemetry
2026-01-28 23:17:03 +01:00 · 2026-01-23 15:52:21 +08:00 · 2026-01-23 15:29:00 +08:00
127 changed files with 931 additions and 1293 deletions
--- a/.pipelines/v2/ci-test-with-canary-webview2.yml
+++ b/.pipelines/v2/ci-test-with-canary-webview2.yml
@@ -24,9 +24,9 @@ parameters:
    type: boolean
    displayName: "Run Tests"
    default: true
-  - name: useVS2026
+  - name: useVSPreview
    type: boolean
-    displayName: "Build with VS2026"
+    displayName: "Build Using Visual Studio Preview"
    default: false
  - name: useLatestWebView2
    type: boolean
@@ -39,5 +39,5 @@ extends:
    ${{ if eq(variables['System.PullRequest.IsFork'], 'False') }}:
      enableMsBuildCaching: ${{ parameters.enableMsBuildCaching }}
    runTests: ${{ parameters.runTests }}
-    useVS2026: ${{ parameters.useVS2026 }}
+    useVSPreview: ${{ parameters.useVSPreview }}
    useLatestWebView2: ${{ parameters.useLatestWebView2 }}
--- a/.pipelines/v2/ci-using-the-latest-winappsdk.yml
+++ b/.pipelines/v2/ci-using-the-latest-winappsdk.yml
@@ -24,9 +24,9 @@ parameters:
    type: boolean
    displayName: "Run Tests"
    default: true
-  - name: useVS2026
+  - name: useVSPreview
    type: boolean
-    displayName: "Build with VS2026"
+    displayName: "Build Using Visual Studio Preview"
    default: false
  - name: useLatestWinAppSDK
    type: boolean
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ extends:
    ${{ if eq(variables['System.PullRequest.IsFork'], 'False') }}:
      enableMsBuildCaching: ${{ parameters.enableMsBuildCaching }}
    runTests: ${{ parameters.runTests }}
-    useVS2026: ${{ parameters.useVS2026 }}
+    useVSPreview: ${{ parameters.useVSPreview }}
    useLatestWinAppSDK: ${{ parameters.useLatestWinAppSDK }}
    winAppSDKVersionNumber: ${{ parameters.winAppSDKVersionNumber }}
    useExperimentalVersion: ${{ parameters.useExperimentalVersion }}
--- a/.pipelines/v2/ci.yml
+++ b/.pipelines/v2/ci.yml
@@ -37,9 +37,9 @@ parameters:
    type: boolean
    displayName: "Run Tests"
    default: true
-  - name: useVS2026
+  - name: useVSPreview
    type: boolean
-    displayName: "Build with VS2026"
+    displayName: "Build Using Visual Studio Preview"
    default: false

 extends:
@@ -49,4 +49,4 @@ extends:
    ${{ if eq(variables['System.PullRequest.IsFork'], 'False') }}:
      enableMsBuildCaching: ${{ parameters.enableMsBuildCaching }}
    runTests: ${{ parameters.runTests }}
-    useVS2026: ${{ parameters.useVS2026 }}
+    useVSPreview: ${{ parameters.useVSPreview }}
--- a/.pipelines/v2/oneFuzz.yml
+++ b/.pipelines/v2/oneFuzz.yml
@@ -18,9 +18,9 @@ parameters:
    type: boolean
    displayName: "Enable MSBuild Caching"
    default: false
-  - name: useVS2026
+  - name: useVSPreview
    type: boolean
-    displayName: "Build with VS2026"
+    displayName: "Build Using Visual Studio Preview"
    default: false

 stages:
@@ -34,15 +34,15 @@ stages:
              name: SHINE-INT-L
            ${{ else }}:
              name: SHINE-OSS-L
-            ${{ if eq(parameters.useVS2026, true) }}:
-              demands: ImageOverride -equals SHINE-VS18-Latest
+            ${{ if eq(parameters.useVSPreview, true) }}:
+              demands: ImageOverride -equals SHINE-VS17-Preview
          buildPlatforms:
            - ${{ parameters.platform }}
          buildConfigurations: [Release]
          enablePackageCaching: true
          enableMsBuildCaching: ${{ parameters.enableMsBuildCaching }}
          runTests: true
-          useVS2026: ${{ parameters.useVS2026 }}
+          useVSPreview: ${{ parameters.useVSPreview }}
          timeoutInMinutes: 90

  - stage: OneFuzz
--- a/.pipelines/v2/release.yml
+++ b/.pipelines/v2/release.yml
@@ -33,9 +33,9 @@ parameters:
      - x64
      - arm64

-  - name: useVS2026
+  - name: useVSPreview
    type: boolean
-    displayName: "Build with VS2026"
+    displayName: "Build Using Visual Studio Preview"
    default: false

 name: $(BuildDefinitionName)_$(date:yyMM).$(date:dd)$(rev:rrr)
@@ -50,8 +50,8 @@ extends:
    - 1ES.PT.ViaStartRight
    pool:
      name: SHINE-INT-S
-      ${{ if eq(parameters.useVS2026, true) }}:
-        demands: ImageOverride -equals SHINE-VS18-Latest
+      ${{ if eq(parameters.useVSPreview, true) }}:
+        demands: ImageOverride -equals SHINE-VS17-Preview
      os: windows
    sdl:
      tsa:
@@ -73,8 +73,8 @@ extends:
                name: SHINE-INT-L
                demands:
                  # Our INT agents have a large disk mounted at P:\
-                  - ${{ if eq(parameters.useVS2026, true) }}:
-                    - ImageOverride -equals SHINE-VS18-Latest
+                  - ${{ if eq(parameters.useVSPreview, true) }}:
+                    - ImageOverride -equals SHINE-VS17-Preview
                os: windows
              variables:
                IsPipeline: 1 # The installer uses this to detect whether it should pick up localizations
--- a/.pipelines/v2/templates/job-build-project.yml
+++ b/.pipelines/v2/templates/job-build-project.yml
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ parameters:
  - name: buildTests
    type: boolean
    default: true
-  - name: useVS2026
+  - name: useVSPreview
    type: boolean
    default: false
  - name: versionNumber
@@ -233,6 +233,9 @@ jobs:
  - pwsh: |-
      & "$(build.sourcesdirectory)\.pipelines\verifyAndSetLatestVCToolsVersion.ps1"
    displayName: Work around DD-1541167 (VCToolsVersion)
+    ${{ if eq(parameters.useVSPreview, true) }}:
+      env:
+        VCWhereExtraVersionTarget: '-prerelease'

  - ${{ if eq(parameters.official, true) }}:
    - template: .\steps-setup-versioning.yml
--- a/.pipelines/v2/templates/pipeline-ci-build.yml
+++ b/.pipelines/v2/templates/pipeline-ci-build.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ parameters:
  - name: runTests
    type: boolean
    default: true
-  - name: useVS2026
+  - name: useVSPreview
    type: boolean
    default: false
  - name: useLatestWebView2
@@ -48,8 +48,8 @@ stages:
                name: SHINE-INT-L
              ${{ else }}:
                name: SHINE-OSS-L
-              ${{ if eq(parameters.useVS2026, true) }}:
-                demands: ImageOverride -equals SHINE-VS18-Latest
+              ${{ if eq(parameters.useVSPreview, true) }}:
+                demands: ImageOverride -equals SHINE-VS17-Preview
            buildPlatforms:
              - ${{ platform }}
            buildConfigurations: [Release]
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ stages:
            enableMsBuildCaching: ${{ parameters.enableMsBuildCaching }}
            msBuildCacheIsReadOnly: ${{ parameters.msBuildCacheIsReadOnly }}
            runTests: ${{ parameters.runTests }}
-            useVS2026: ${{ parameters.useVS2026 }}
+            useVSPreview: ${{ parameters.useVSPreview }}
            useLatestWinAppSDK: ${{ parameters.useLatestWinAppSDK }}
            ${{ if eq(parameters.useLatestWinAppSDK, true) }}:
              winAppSDKVersionNumber: ${{ parameters.winAppSDKVersionNumber }}
@@ -75,8 +75,8 @@ stages:
              name: SHINE-INT-L
            ${{ else }}:
              name: SHINE-OSS-L
-            ${{ if eq(parameters.useVS2026, true) }}:
-              demands: ImageOverride -equals SHINE-VS18-Latest
+            ${{ if eq(parameters.useVSPreview, true) }}:
+              demands: ImageOverride -equals SHINE-VS17-Preview
          buildConfigurations: [Release]
          official: false
          codeSign: false
--- a/.pipelines/v2/templates/pipeline-ui-tests-automation.yml
+++ b/.pipelines/v2/templates/pipeline-ui-tests-automation.yml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ parameters:
  - name: enableMsBuildCaching
    type: boolean
    default: false
-  - name: useVS2026
+  - name: useVSPreview
    type: boolean
    default: false
  - name: useLatestWebView2
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ stages:
        parameters:
          platform: ${{ platform }}
          enableMsBuildCaching: ${{ parameters.enableMsBuildCaching }}
-          useVS2026: ${{ parameters.useVS2026 }}
+          useVSPreview: ${{ parameters.useVSPreview }}
          useLatestWebView2: ${{ parameters.useLatestWebView2 }}
          uiTestModules: ${{ parameters.uiTestModules }}

--- a/.pipelines/v2/templates/pipeline-ui-tests-full-build.yml
+++ b/.pipelines/v2/templates/pipeline-ui-tests-full-build.yml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ parameters:
  - name: enableMsBuildCaching
    type: boolean
    default: false
-  - name: useVS2026
+  - name: useVSPreview
    type: boolean
    default: false
  - name: useLatestWebView2
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ stages:
              name: SHINE-INT-L
            ${{ else }}:
              name: SHINE-OSS-L
-            ${{ if eq(parameters.useVS2026, true) }}:
-              demands: ImageOverride -equals SHINE-VS18-Latest
+            ${{ if eq(parameters.useVSPreview, true) }}:
+              demands: ImageOverride -equals SHINE-VS17-Preview
          buildPlatforms:
            - ${{ parameters.platform }}
          buildConfigurations: [Release]
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ stages:
          enableMsBuildCaching: ${{ parameters.enableMsBuildCaching }}
          runTests: false
          buildTests: true
-          useVS2026: ${{ parameters.useVS2026 }}
+          useVSPreview: ${{ parameters.useVSPreview }}
          timeoutInMinutes: 90

  # Stage 2: Run UI Tests
--- a/.pipelines/verifyAndSetLatestVCToolsVersion.ps1
+++ b/.pipelines/verifyAndSetLatestVCToolsVersion.ps1
@@ -1,22 +1,9 @@
-# Construct vswhere arguments based on environment variable
-$vsWhereArgs = @('-latest', '-requires', 'Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.VC.Tools.x86.x64', '-include', 'packages', '-format', 'xml')
-if ($env:VCWhereExtraVersionTarget) {
-    # Add version target if specified (e.g., '-version [18.0,19.0)' for VS2026)
-    $vsWhereArgs += $env:VCWhereExtraVersionTarget.Split(' ')
-}
-
-$VSInstances = ([xml](& 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\vswhere.exe' @vsWhereArgs))
+$VSInstances = ([xml](& 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\vswhere.exe' -latest -requires Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.VC.Tools.x86.x64 -include packages -format xml))
 $VSPackages = $VSInstances.instances.instance.packages.package
 $LatestVCPackage = ($VSPackages | ? { $_.id -eq "Microsoft.VisualCpp.Tools.Core" })
 $LatestVCToolsVersion = $LatestVCPackage.version;

-# Construct vswhere arguments for resolvedInstallationPath
-$vsWhereRootArgs = @('-latest', '-requires', 'Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.VC.Tools.x86.x64', '-property', 'resolvedInstallationPath')
-if ($env:VCWhereExtraVersionTarget) {
-    $vsWhereRootArgs += $env:VCWhereExtraVersionTarget.Split(' ')
-}
-
-$VSRoot = (& 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\vswhere.exe' @vsWhereRootArgs)
+$VSRoot = (& 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\vswhere.exe' -latest -requires Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.VC.Tools.x86.x64 -property 'resolvedInstallationPath')
 $VCToolsRoot = Join-Path $VSRoot "VC\Tools\MSVC"

 # We have observed a few instances where the VC tools package version actually
@@ -37,12 +24,5 @@ If ($Null -Eq (Get-Item $PackageVCToolPath -ErrorAction:Ignore)) {
 }

 Write-Output "Latest VCToolsVersion: $LatestVCToolsVersion"
-
-# VS2026 (MSVC 14.50+) doesn't need explicit VCToolsVersion - let MSBuild auto-select
-$MajorMinorVersion = [Version]::Parse($LatestVCToolsVersion)
-If ($MajorMinorVersion.Major -eq 14 -and $MajorMinorVersion.Minor -ge 50) {
-    Write-Output "VS2026 detected (MSVC 14.50+). Skipping VCToolsVersion override to allow MSBuild auto-selection."
-} Else {
-    Write-Output "Updating VCToolsVersion environment variable for job"
-    Write-Output "##vso[task.setvariable variable=VCToolsVersion]$LatestVCToolsVersion"
-}
+Write-Output "Updating VCToolsVersion environment variable for job"
+Write-Output "##vso[task.setvariable variable=VCToolsVersion]$LatestVCToolsVersion"
--- a/Cpp.Build.props
+++ b/Cpp.Build.props
@@ -110,7 +110,6 @@
  <!-- Props that are constant for both Debug and Release configurations -->
  <PropertyGroup Label="Configuration">
    <PlatformToolset>v143</PlatformToolset>
-    <PlatformToolset Condition="'$(VisualStudioVersion)' == '18.0'">v145</PlatformToolset>
    <CharacterSet>Unicode</CharacterSet>
    <DesktopCompatible>true</DesktopCompatible>
    <SpectreMitigation>Spectre</SpectreMitigation>
--- a/installer/PowerToysSetupCustomActionsVNext/PowerToysSetupCustomActionsVNext.vcxproj
+++ b/installer/PowerToysSetupCustomActionsVNext/PowerToysSetupCustomActionsVNext.vcxproj
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <Project ToolsVersion="15.0" DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
  <Import Project="..\packages\WixToolset.WcaUtil.5.0.2\build\WixToolset.WcaUtil.props" Condition="Exists('..\packages\WixToolset.WcaUtil.5.0.2\build\WixToolset.WcaUtil.props')" />
  <Import Project="..\packages\WixToolset.DUtil.5.0.2\build\WixToolset.DUtil.props" Condition="Exists('..\packages\WixToolset.DUtil.5.0.2\build\WixToolset.DUtil.props')" />
@@ -15,16 +15,12 @@
    <ConfigurationType>DynamicLibrary</ConfigurationType>
    <CharacterSet>Unicode</CharacterSet>
    <PlatformToolset>v143</PlatformToolset>
-
-    <PlatformToolset Condition="'\$\(VisualStudioVersion\)' == '18.0'">v145</PlatformToolset>
  </PropertyGroup>
  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)'=='Release'" Label="Configuration">
    <ConfigurationType>DynamicLibrary</ConfigurationType>
    <CharacterSet>Unicode</CharacterSet>
    <WholeProgramOptimization>true</WholeProgramOptimization>
    <PlatformToolset>v143</PlatformToolset>
-
-    <PlatformToolset Condition="'\$\(VisualStudioVersion\)' == '18.0'">v145</PlatformToolset>
  </PropertyGroup>
  <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.props" />
  <Import Project="..\..\deps\spdlog.props" />
--- a/installer/PowerToysSetupVNext/SilentFilesInUseBA/SilentFilesInUseBAFunction.vcxproj
+++ b/installer/PowerToysSetupVNext/SilentFilesInUseBA/SilentFilesInUseBAFunction.vcxproj
@@ -38,8 +38,6 @@
    <ConfigurationType>DynamicLibrary</ConfigurationType>
    <UseDebugLibraries>true</UseDebugLibraries>
    <PlatformToolset>v143</PlatformToolset>
-
-    <PlatformToolset Condition="'\$\(VisualStudioVersion\)' == '18.0'">v145</PlatformToolset>
    <CharacterSet>Unicode</CharacterSet>
  </PropertyGroup>
  
@@ -47,8 +45,6 @@
    <ConfigurationType>DynamicLibrary</ConfigurationType>
    <UseDebugLibraries>false</UseDebugLibraries>
    <PlatformToolset>v143</PlatformToolset>
-
-    <PlatformToolset Condition="'\$\(VisualStudioVersion\)' == '18.0'">v145</PlatformToolset>
    <WholeProgramOptimization>true</WholeProgramOptimization>
    <CharacterSet>Unicode</CharacterSet>
  </PropertyGroup>
--- a/src/ActionRunner/actionRunner.vcxproj
+++ b/src/ActionRunner/actionRunner.vcxproj
@@ -13,8 +13,6 @@
  <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.Default.props" />
  <PropertyGroup Label="Configuration">
    <PlatformToolset>v143</PlatformToolset>
-
-    <PlatformToolset Condition="'\$\(VisualStudioVersion\)' == '18.0'">v145</PlatformToolset>
  </PropertyGroup>
  <Import Project="..\..\deps\expected.props" />
  <PropertyGroup>
--- a/src/Common.Dotnet.FuzzTest.props
+++ b/src/Common.Dotnet.FuzzTest.props
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@
 <!-- Some items may be set in Directory.Build.props in root -->
 <Project ToolsVersion="4.0" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
  <!-- OneFuzz does not currently support testing with .NET 9.
-       As a temporary workaround, create a .NET 8 project and use file links
+       As a temporary workaround, create a .NET 8 project and use file links 
       to include the code that needs testing. -->
  <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>net8.0-windows10.0.26100.0</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net8.0-windows10.0.19041.0</TargetFramework>
  </PropertyGroup>
 </Project>
--- a/src/PackageIdentity/PackageIdentity.vcxproj
+++ b/src/PackageIdentity/PackageIdentity.vcxproj
@@ -56,16 +56,12 @@
    <ConfigurationType>Utility</ConfigurationType>
    <UseDebugLibraries>true</UseDebugLibraries>
    <PlatformToolset>v143</PlatformToolset>
-
-    <PlatformToolset Condition="'\$\(VisualStudioVersion\)' == '18.0'">v145</PlatformToolset>
  </PropertyGroup>

  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|x64'" Label="Configuration">
    <ConfigurationType>Utility</ConfigurationType>
    <UseDebugLibraries>false</UseDebugLibraries>
    <PlatformToolset>v143</PlatformToolset>
-
-    <PlatformToolset Condition="'\$\(VisualStudioVersion\)' == '18.0'">v145</PlatformToolset>
    <WholeProgramOptimization>true</WholeProgramOptimization>
  </PropertyGroup>

@@ -73,16 +69,12 @@
    <ConfigurationType>Utility</ConfigurationType>
    <UseDebugLibraries>true</UseDebugLibraries>
    <PlatformToolset>v143</PlatformToolset>
-
-    <PlatformToolset Condition="'\$\(VisualStudioVersion\)' == '18.0'">v145</PlatformToolset>
  </PropertyGroup>

  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|ARM64'" Label="Configuration">
    <ConfigurationType>Utility</ConfigurationType>
    <UseDebugLibraries>false</UseDebugLibraries>
    <PlatformToolset>v143</PlatformToolset>
-
-    <PlatformToolset Condition="'\$\(VisualStudioVersion\)' == '18.0'">v145</PlatformToolset>
    <WholeProgramOptimization>true</WholeProgramOptimization>
  </PropertyGroup>

--- a/src/Update/PowerToys.Update.vcxproj
+++ b/src/Update/PowerToys.Update.vcxproj
@@ -13,8 +13,6 @@
  <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.Default.props" />
  <PropertyGroup Label="Configuration">
    <PlatformToolset>v143</PlatformToolset>
-
-    <PlatformToolset Condition="'\$\(VisualStudioVersion\)' == '18.0'">v145</PlatformToolset>
  </PropertyGroup>
  <Import Project="..\..\deps\expected.props" />
  <PropertyGroup>
--- a/src/common/COMUtils/COMUtils.vcxproj
+++ b/src/common/COMUtils/COMUtils.vcxproj
@@ -11,8 +11,6 @@
  <PropertyGroup Label="Configuration">
    <ConfigurationType>StaticLibrary</ConfigurationType>
    <PlatformToolset>v143</PlatformToolset>
-
-    <PlatformToolset Condition="'\$\(VisualStudioVersion\)' == '18.0'">v145</PlatformToolset>
  </PropertyGroup>
  <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.props" />
  <ImportGroup Label="ExtensionSettings">
--- a/src/common/CalculatorEngineCommon/CalculatorEngineCommon.vcxproj
+++ b/src/common/CalculatorEngineCommon/CalculatorEngineCommon.vcxproj
@@ -41,8 +41,6 @@
  <PropertyGroup Label="Configuration">
    <ConfigurationType>DynamicLibrary</ConfigurationType>
    <PlatformToolset>v143</PlatformToolset>
-
-    <PlatformToolset Condition="'\$\(VisualStudioVersion\)' == '18.0'">v145</PlatformToolset>
    <CharacterSet>Unicode</CharacterSet>
    <GenerateManifest>false</GenerateManifest>
  </PropertyGroup>
--- a/src/common/Display/Display.vcxproj
+++ b/src/common/Display/Display.vcxproj
@@ -11,8 +11,6 @@
  <PropertyGroup Label="Configuration">
    <ConfigurationType>StaticLibrary</ConfigurationType>
    <PlatformToolset>v143</PlatformToolset>
-
-    <PlatformToolset Condition="'\$\(VisualStudioVersion\)' == '18.0'">v145</PlatformToolset>
  </PropertyGroup>
  <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.props" />
  <ImportGroup Label="ExtensionSettings">
--- a/src/common/GPOWrapper/GPOWrapper.vcxproj
+++ b/src/common/GPOWrapper/GPOWrapper.vcxproj
@@ -20,8 +20,6 @@
  <PropertyGroup Label="Configuration">
    <ConfigurationType>DynamicLibrary</ConfigurationType>
    <PlatformToolset>v143</PlatformToolset>
-
-    <PlatformToolset Condition="'\$\(VisualStudioVersion\)' == '18.0'">v145</PlatformToolset>
    <CharacterSet>Unicode</CharacterSet>
    <GenerateManifest>false</GenerateManifest>
    <DesktopCompatible>true</DesktopCompatible>
--- a/src/common/SettingsAPI/SettingsAPI.vcxproj
+++ b/src/common/SettingsAPI/SettingsAPI.vcxproj
@@ -13,8 +13,6 @@
  <PropertyGroup Label="Configuration">
    <ConfigurationType>StaticLibrary</ConfigurationType>
    <PlatformToolset>v143</PlatformToolset>
-
-    <PlatformToolset Condition="'\$\(VisualStudioVersion\)' == '18.0'">v145</PlatformToolset>
  </PropertyGroup>
  <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.props" />
  <ImportGroup Label="ExtensionSettings">
--- a/src/common/Telemetry/EtwTrace/EtwTrace.vcxproj
+++ b/src/common/Telemetry/EtwTrace/EtwTrace.vcxproj
@@ -12,8 +12,6 @@
  <PropertyGroup Label="Configuration">
    <ConfigurationType>StaticLibrary</ConfigurationType>
    <PlatformToolset>v143</PlatformToolset>
-
-    <PlatformToolset Condition="'\$\(VisualStudioVersion\)' == '18.0'">v145</PlatformToolset>
  </PropertyGroup>
  <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.props" />
  <ImportGroup Label="ExtensionSettings">
--- a/src/common/Themes/Themes.vcxproj
+++ b/src/common/Themes/Themes.vcxproj
@@ -12,8 +12,6 @@
  <PropertyGroup Label="Configuration">
    <ConfigurationType>StaticLibrary</ConfigurationType>
    <PlatformToolset>v143</PlatformToolset>
-
-    <PlatformToolset Condition="'\$\(VisualStudioVersion\)' == '18.0'">v145</PlatformToolset>
  </PropertyGroup>
  <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.props" />
  <ImportGroup Label="ExtensionSettings">
--- a/src/common/UnitTests-CommonLib/UnitTests-CommonLib.vcxproj
+++ b/src/common/UnitTests-CommonLib/UnitTests-CommonLib.vcxproj
@@ -14,8 +14,6 @@
    <ConfigurationType>DynamicLibrary</ConfigurationType>
    <UseOfMfc>false</UseOfMfc>
    <PlatformToolset>v143</PlatformToolset>
-
-    <PlatformToolset Condition="'\$\(VisualStudioVersion\)' == '18.0'">v145</PlatformToolset>
    <OutDir>$(SolutionDir)$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\tests\UnitTestsCommonLib\</OutDir>
  </PropertyGroup>
  <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.props" />
--- a/src/common/interop/PowerToys.Interop.vcxproj
+++ b/src/common/interop/PowerToys.Interop.vcxproj
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <Project DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
  <Import Project="..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.props" Condition="Exists('..\..\..\packages\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.2.0.240111.5\build\native\Microsoft.Windows.CppWinRT.props')" />
  <PropertyGroup>
@@ -42,8 +42,6 @@
  <PropertyGroup Label="Configuration">
    <ConfigurationType>DynamicLibrary</ConfigurationType>
    <PlatformToolset>v143</PlatformToolset>
-
-    <PlatformToolset Condition="'\$\(VisualStudioVersion\)' == '18.0'">v145</PlatformToolset>
    <CharacterSet>Unicode</CharacterSet>
    <GenerateManifest>false</GenerateManifest>
  </PropertyGroup>
--- a/src/common/logger/logger.vcxproj
+++ b/src/common/logger/logger.vcxproj
@@ -37,8 +37,6 @@
  <PropertyGroup Label="Configuration">
    <ConfigurationType>StaticLibrary</ConfigurationType>
    <PlatformToolset>v143</PlatformToolset>
-
-    <PlatformToolset Condition="'\$\(VisualStudioVersion\)' == '18.0'">v145</PlatformToolset>
    <OutDir>..\..\..\$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\</OutDir>
  </PropertyGroup>
  <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.props" />
--- a/src/common/notifications/BackgroundActivator/BackgroundActivator.vcxproj
+++ b/src/common/notifications/BackgroundActivator/BackgroundActivator.vcxproj
@@ -19,8 +19,6 @@
  <PropertyGroup Label="Configuration">
    <ConfigurationType>StaticLibrary</ConfigurationType>
    <PlatformToolset>v143</PlatformToolset>
-
-    <PlatformToolset Condition="'\$\(VisualStudioVersion\)' == '18.0'">v145</PlatformToolset>
    <CharacterSet>Unicode</CharacterSet>
    <GenerateManifest>false</GenerateManifest>
  </PropertyGroup>
--- a/src/common/notifications/BackgroundActivatorDLL/BackgroundActivatorDLL.vcxproj
+++ b/src/common/notifications/BackgroundActivatorDLL/BackgroundActivatorDLL.vcxproj
@@ -11,8 +11,6 @@
  <PropertyGroup Label="Configuration">
    <ConfigurationType>DynamicLibrary</ConfigurationType>
    <PlatformToolset>v143</PlatformToolset>
-
-    <PlatformToolset Condition="'\$\(VisualStudioVersion\)' == '18.0'">v145</PlatformToolset>
  </PropertyGroup>
  <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.props" />
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--- a/src/modules/MouseUtils/MouseHighlighter/MouseHighlighter.vcxproj
+++ b/src/modules/MouseUtils/MouseHighlighter/MouseHighlighter.vcxproj
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--- a/src/modules/MouseUtils/MouseJump.Common.UnitTests/Helpers/DrawingHelperTests.cs
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                    var expectedPixel = expected.GetPixel(x, y);
                    var actualPixel = actual.GetPixel(x, y);

-                    // allow a small tolerance for rounding differences in gdi and different rendering environments
+                    // allow a small tolerance for rounding differences in gdi
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-                        (Math.Abs(expectedPixel.G - actualPixel.G) <= 3) &&
-                        (Math.Abs(expectedPixel.B - actualPixel.B) <= 3),
+                        (Math.Abs(expectedPixel.A - actualPixel.A) <= 1) &&
+                        (Math.Abs(expectedPixel.R - actualPixel.R) <= 1) &&
+                        (Math.Abs(expectedPixel.G - actualPixel.G) <= 1) &&
+                        (Math.Abs(expectedPixel.B - actualPixel.B) <= 1),
                        $"images differ at pixel ({x}, {y}) - expected: {expectedPixel}, actual: {actualPixel}");
                }
            }
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--- a/src/modules/MouseUtils/MousePointerCrosshairs/MousePointerCrosshairs.vcxproj
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Author	SHA1	Message	Date
Shawn Yuan (from Dev Box)	b2ff69e4c5	update	2026-01-23 15:52:21 +08:00
Shawn Yuan (from Dev Box)	74511b3814	added telemetry	2026-01-23 15:29:00 +08:00